CVE-2004-0747
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHTTP Server
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Buffer overflow in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows local users to gain apache privileges via a .htaccess file that causes the overflow during expansion of environment variables.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.0.35 ≤ v < 2.0.51
Affected range stops below 2.0.51, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (26)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12540Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34920VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011303x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-21.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481998Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:096Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_32_apache2.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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